[Joshua Goldstein]

I’m a 2019 Tahoe 200 finisher and running the race again this September.

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[Thomas Summer, MD]

Thomas Summer, MD on June 3, 2021 at 5:30 am #54579

Hi Joshua,

I’m not training for it. But running something like that is something I’m interested in. As a European, I’m thinking about Tor des Geants.
Do you have any specific questions? I think there are many possible ways one can train for something that long. I would be interested in hearing about your and others’ experiences. And discuss them.

lg!
Thomas

[dan.k]

dan.k on June 3, 2021 at 9:00 pm #54599

I have done TDG once before, although not when at all well trained. So I finished although not in any sort of amazing time. It is an absolutely stunning course and I can really highly recommend it to anyone interested in a 200 miler.

I had a place for 2020 (although cancelled) so have a guaranteed place in one of 2021/2022/2023 so I am planning to try to re-run it in 2022.

I would say that in the past I was very much focused on vertical, vertical and more vertical but I wasn’t really very structured in my approach (had not really planned to do it but then I got a place! 🙂 ) and didn’t incorporate anything like ME which I think would be massively helpful. I did a lot of aerobic volume and was very well fat adapted when I did it which I think was also helpful.

Definitely keen to go in much better trained in the future.

Very interested in peoples thoughts on specific adjustments to training.

[Thomas Summer, MD]

Thomas Summer, MD on June 4, 2021 at 11:54 am #54605

Confronting the Impossible at the Tor des Geants